Patrick Magruder

Patrick Magruder (1768-24 December 1819) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-MD 3) from 4 March 1805 to 3 March 1807, succeeding Thomas Plater and preceding Philip Barton Key.

Biography
Patrick Magruder was born in Rockville,Montgomery County, Maryland in 1768, and he worked as a lawyer before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1805 to 1807. He also served as Librarian of Congress from 1807 to 1815, and he resigned after the British destroyed the library during the War of 1812. He died in 1819.